Job Description
Overview
Element has an opportunity for a Business Development Associate. In this role you will be an inside seller, responsible for establishing and maintaining strong relationships with a defined group of Element clients and new business prospects.
It will be your responsibility to assure customer satisfaction through all stages of the sales process. In addition to client relations, this role will interact with the broader Element Sales and Operational Team. The ideal candidate will be results orientated, customer focused and robust to change.
This is a great opportunity to join a leading Testing, Inspection and Certification company Making Tomorrow Safer Than Today...
Responsibilities
* Establish and proactively maintain a strong professional relationship with key decision makers
* Identify current and future customer service requirements
* Qualify opportunities with assistance of inbound team and specialists
* Manage relationships and utilise technical support to assist in Sales
* Follow up in a timely manner on quotations
* Utilise CRM to record activities, ensuring contact details are accurate
* Participate in regular pipeline reviews, ensuring all CRM records are up to date
* Achieve sales goals by converting and winning new accounts
* Build and maintain a working knowledge of Element’s service offerings
Skills / Qualifications
* 3 years of Business Development, Sales or Account Management experience
* Experience working in the Testing and Inspection industry highly diserable
* Ability to read and interpret documents such as customer quotes / contracts, marketing materials, and customer testing specifications
* Seek to resolve practical customer problems
* Proficiency in MS Office
* Flexibility to represent the company at a broad range of events
* Can remain calm when faced with pressure
* Well-developed oral and written communication skills
* Good interpersonal skills and can interface with clients, win new work and determine their requirements
* Some overnight travel may be required
* A valid and current driving licence
* This role can be based from any of our locations ranging from Malvern, Wimborne, Oxford, Guildford, Skelmesdale
Benefits Of Working At Element
33 days annual holiday, consisting of 25 days annual holiday and 8 days public / x4 Life Assurance / Legal & General Pension scheme / Flexible Working / Cycle Scheme / Free Onsite Refreshments / Recommend a Friend Bonus / Perks At Work Discount Scheme
Company Overview
Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.
When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.
While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.
Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.
Diversity Statement
At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.
All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.